Shearing Shed Hand
Shearing shed hands assist shearers, perform routine duties
in shearing sheds and handle the fleeces after they have been
shorn from the sheep.
A shearing shed hand may perform the following tasks:
- assist station hands to pen sheep for shearing
- pick up the fleece after it is removed from the sheep
and throw it onto a large table for 'skirting' (that is, to
remove dirty, stained or coloured pieces from the wool)
- remove inferior and stained wool from fleeces as
directed by a wool classer
- grade wool which has been skirted off fleeces
- roll the fleece into bundles and pass it to a wool
classer for classing
- transfer fleeces into wool presses to form solid bundles
called bales
- sweep the shed floor to help keep the fleeces clean and
avoid contamination.
Shearing shed hands may need to travel long distances from
property to property to work during the shearing season.
Accommodation is usually provided in shearers' quarters either
on the property or in a nearby town. Some work within their
own district and travel daily to the shearing shed, returning
to their own homes each day.
Shearing shed hands may specialise as a
Wool Presser who transfers the fleeces into wool
presses to form solid bales. They weigh the bales, brand the
completed wool bale with the owner's name, a description of
the wool and a bale number, and keep records of all bales
completed.
Required Skills - Shearing Shed Hand
- able to work fast for long periods
- able to work as part of a team
- able and willing to travel from property to property for
work, sometimes in remote areas
- able to undertake manual work
- good physical fitness and strength
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